A new Whole Foods Market, which is advertised to open June 12 in the Park at Cross Creek in Malibu, has raised concerns among some planning commissioners who believe the project is skirting a major permit requirement.

At the Malibu Planning Commission meeting on Monday, June 3, Chairman Steve Uhring asked if City staff has already signed off on the project, because the market doesn’t have one of the conditions of approval completed: “living walls” or vertical gardens.